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Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
(Ezekiel 1:1-4)
There is grandeur to the glory of God–of such a magnitude that, we, humans, cannot condense it into our neat intellectual packets of understanding. The condensation can only be done by the LORD. That is the premise from which we start. To that premise, we add this insight . . .
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
(Isaiah 55:10-11)
In this evaluation of collateral effect, we will review some Bible history. To begin, we will concentrate on the time that is before the Scripture that in included below.
– Explore Collateral Damage and the Heart of God: Part One –
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